MANILA – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual said there is an ongoing initiative to tweak the definition of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) amid changes in the way entrepreneurs do business because of digitalization. “We are trying to come up with a better way of defining MSMEs,” Pascual said at the launch of the Philippine […]
COCA-COLA Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI) officially opened its newest distribution center in Tagbilaran, Bohol as part of its efforts of investing for the long term in the Philippines and enables operational and logistical efficiencies allowing Coca-Cola to deliver more refreshing beverages to customers across the province. Despite the challenges over the past two years due to the pandemic, business growth […]
MANILA, Philippines — Six Philippine hospitals received awards from two international organizations — the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and the Accreditation Canada International (ACI), the Department of Health (DOH) said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The WSO gave the Angel Award Diamond Status, its highest award, to the two hospitals — Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City and […]
The Provincial Government of Bohol through the Bohol Economic Development and Investment Promotion Office (BEDIPO), in partnership with the Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants and the Isang Dugo Foundation, will officially open the Sandugo Festival – Fusion Nights 2022 on July 22, at the Sandugo Festival Grounds, Old Airport, Tagbilaran City. The Opening Program will feature the Loboc […]
Bohol Governor Erico Aris Aumentado on Monday, July 11, rolled out details of his first two executive orders that focus on the province’s economic revival as well as tightening accountability systems under his watch. In his first weekly capitol briefing, Aumentado and key officials also bared plans to strengthen food security. Amid the reported decline in agriculture production due to […]
Erico “Aris” Aumentado is now officially the 27th Governor of Bohol after he took his oath of office at the Bohol Cultural Center in Tagbilaran City on Thursday noon. Aumentado took his oath before Supreme Court Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, who traces his roots to Bohol. The former three-term congressman’s assumption of office marked the start of […]
The month-long Sandugo Festival opened up on Friday with a lineup of in-person activities for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Newly sworn-in Governor Aris Auemntado, Tagbilaran City Administrator Cathy Torremocha and lawyer Lucas Nunag, chairman of the Isang Dugo Foundation, Inc. led the opening ceremonies at the old Tagbilaran CIty Airport. Festivities kicked off with a short […]
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has given its go signal for the 230-kilovolt (kv) interconnection project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), according to reports. In a decision, the ERC approved the proposal of the NGCP’s project worth P19.61 Billion. The approved cost is slightly lower than what NGCP originally submitted, which is P19.76 Billion, after the […]
TAGBILARAN CITY — The candidates of the Miss Universe-Philippines 2021 got a glimpse of the beauty and wonders of Bohol province which will host the coronation night on September 30. The 28 candidates arrived in Bohol on Sunday morning and stayed on Panglao Island. On Monday, the candidates, together with reigning Miss Universe Philippines Rabiya Mateo, toured the local attractions […]
The Bohol Chronicle, August 20, 2021 The Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) hopes to hasten the province’s inoculation drive against COVID-19 through its mobile vaccination teams and eventually achieve herd immunity, which could take up to three years without the initiative and if vaccines continue to arrive at a slow pace. “Kung imong tan-awon, among gi-estimate na kung di nato […]